After a confrontation with police on Tuesday, Maoist leader Madvi Hidma, who was in charge of at least 26 armed attacks against civilians and security forces, was slain.
The top Maoist leader was reportedly shot and killed in the Alluri Sitharamaraju area of Andhra Pradesh.
Hidma, who was born in Sukma in 1981, commanded a People's Liberation Guerrilla Army brigade in 1996. Hidma soon rose to the position of youngest member of the CPI Maoist's highest decision-making body, the Central Committee.
Additionally, the Maoist leader was the main suspect in an attack in Chhattisgarh in April 2021 that resulted in the deaths of 22 security personnel.
A ₹50 lakh bounty was held by Hidma. According to sources, the incident also claimed the life of his wife.In Sukma, one Maoist was slain.
On Tuesday, a Maoist was murdered in a different encounter in the Sukma area of Chhattisgarh.
According to police officers who spoke to HT, an anti-Maoist operation by a group of security men started the gunfight early in the morning on a hill covered in forests. One Maoist's body has been found at the location thus far. Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sunderraj P informed HT, "The operation is still ongoing and more information will be shared once the area is fully sanitized."